Where does “seguridad” come from?

seguridad (Spanish) comes from Spanish seguro, from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seguridad (Spanish): safety; security; self-confidence

Definitions

  1. safety; security; self-confidence

Ancestry of “seguridad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsegurosecure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...
2Old Spanishsegurosecure; safe
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seguridad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks
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